Higher selected derivatives exposure and ETF redemptions leave the recovery facing a demand test before November 6 payrolls.
While the FBI listed hundreds of addresses in its notice, Chainalysis said the Binance attackers have already used "thousands addresses," and expects this number to continue growing.
November 1, 2026, 1:10 amThe reported $6.3 billion Binance breach may have rewritten cryptocurrency’s record books in dollar terms, but measuring digital heists in bitcoin paints a strikingly different picture.
October 31, 2026, 11:30 pm
Next Technology Holding, the 18th-largest publicly traded corporate bitcoin holder at press time, has authorized the sale or pledging of its approximately 5,833 BTC following Binance’s major security incident. The company’s decision reflects mounting concerns about exchange vulnerabilities, international cyberattacks, and quantum computing.
Bitcoin turns 18 today. Its founder is still missing, his presumed fortune is worth $85 billion, and AI is beginning to reconstruct how it all started. On October 31, 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto released the Bitcoin whitepaper, proposing money that could move without a bank.
TLDR; Bitcoin’s 18th anniversary has renewed debate over the financial system Satoshi Nakamoto sought to challenge, with small businesses continuing to face the consequences of inflation, rising costs, and repeated financial bailouts.
Bitcoin ETFs suffered $643.33 million in net outflows Friday, wiping out four consecutive days of inflows and pushing the week into negative territory. Ether and solana also faced heavy redemptions as the Binance hack triggered a fresh bout of risk aversion across crypto markets.
Short-term holder cost basis at $75.9K is a key support level for BTC bulls to defend.
Bitcoin White Paper Turns 18, Putting Its Long-Term Security Model In Focus Bitcoin’s white paper turns 18 on October 31, 2026, marking nearly two decades since Satoshi Nakamoto introduced a proposal for electronic payments without a central intermediary.
Eighteen years after Satoshi published the Bitcoin white paper, business owners are still covering the cost of a system built on bailouts, and they can protect part of their surplus by keeping it in bitcoin, argues Onramp CEO Michael Tanguma.
Binance said 10 cryptocurrencies were fully backed after replenishing 90% of stolen assets. The exchange is sourcing less liquid tokens to close the remaining shortfall while targeting a Sunday withdrawal restart.
Will the Binance hack confirm BTC's cycle bottom like FTX's implosion did?
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